Window shade and curtain support



March 1, 1932. J. REEDER 1,847,892

WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT Filed Aug. 11, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 flnfieader March 1, 1932. J. 17 REEDER WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT Filed Aug: 11, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITED STATE PATENT orr ce JAMES L. nnnnnn, or boron-ADO srnmds, COLORADO Ann .ounrain surroRr Application filed August 11, 1931. Serial No. 556,415.

This invention rel-ates to devices for supporting window shades and curtains, and the general object of the invention is to provide a supporting means of this character having 5 window frame -'clamps thereon so 'construeted that the device may applied to lintels of any width and at any point along" the lintel so that window shades of different lengths may be mounted upon window frames.

A further objectof the invention is to provide a device of this character'wl iich will do away with the necessity of resetting shade supports and do away, therefore, with the driving of nails or screws into the window frame in order to hold the shade supports in place, thus disfiguring and marring'the window frames.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character which is very simple, can'be cheaply made, strong, easily adjusted and which is adapted to be used also to support the usual curtain rod. 7

Other objects will appear in the the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of the window frame with my curtain and shade supporting device applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the shade and curtain supporting device, the window frame being shown in section;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the lintel of the window and B the jamb thereof.

My shade supporting structure comprises a vertical tubular member 10 which has its upper end bent downward in the form of an inverted U, as at 11. From the lower end of "this U-shaped portion, the tubular member is carried laterally, as at 12, transversely extended, as at 13, and extends parallel to the portion 12, as at 14. This portion 14 is con nected to the portion 10 and is provided with the rearwardly extending clamping 15 course of from the tubular member 10 or may be tel'etoo'thed upon its inner face. The down ward ly extending leg 10 is formed with a Vertically extending slot 16 having lateral extensions 17 disposed at uniform intervals along the slot. Coacting with this tubular portion 10 is a rod 18 which telescopes into the portion 10, and is provided at its lower end with a lateral lug 19 through which passes a screw 20 carrying .uponit the clamping element 21 preferably toothed, this clamping element being 'swivell'ed to the screw.

The rod 18, adjacent its upper end, is provided with a radially projecting pin 22 having a head, this pin projecting out through the slot 16 and being movable laterally into engagement with any one of .therecesses 17.

By this means, it is to be seen that the rod 18 may be extended for nearly its full lengthscoped into the tubular member to any ex tent required and may then be enga 'ed by means of the screw 22 in any one of the lateral extensions or recesses 17, thus holding the rod in any desired adjusted position, Thus, the distance between the clamps'21 and may be varied to suit the width'of a lintel or to approximate the width of a lintel and then the screw may be turned up to cause 'the clampi'ng element 21 to clamp the lintelbetween it and the jaw 15 and thus hold the attachment rigidly and firmly in place upon the lintel. Under'th'es'e circumstances, the portions 12 and 14 will extend parallel to the face of the window frame. f

For the purpose of supporting anend trunnion of the shade upon the portions 12' and 14, I provide asupporting bracket designatedgenerally 23, which is formed at one end with an annular portion 24 embracing and slidable upon the portion 14 and at its other. end is formed with a split ring 25 and outwardly projecting jaws through which passes the tightening screw 26. Themiddle portion of this support between the members 12 and 14 is slotted or apertured, as at 27, for the reception of one trunnion of the window shade. It will be understood, of course, that this aperture at one end of the window shade will be m formed as a simple slot while at the other end it may be in the form of a perforation.

It will be seen that the brackets 23 may be shifted longitudinally upon the portions 12 and 14 and thus a large range of adjustment is secured for the bracket and thus the brackets can be accommodated to window shade rollers of any ordinary length without regard to the width of the window frame itself and without the necessity of driving tacks or nails in the window frame or driving screws thereinto. Likewise, it will be seen that the window shade is firmly supported by the two parallel members 12 and 14.

For the purpose of supportingthe window curtain rod, I provide the outwardly projecting hook-shaped members 28 extending outward from the tubular portions 12 and with which the extremities of the ordinary curtain rod commonly found on the market may be engaged. V

This device is so constructed that the clamping jaws 15 and 21 may be extended to fit window facings from three and one-half inches to six and one-half incheswide. This device will do away with the necessity of driving nails or screws for the purpose of supporting shade supports thereon and thus do away with window facings marred by nail and tack holes or so filled with holes that no further nail can be applied thereto and hold. 7 c

My device will clamp to metal, stone, wood or any other material used for window facings. It may be, of course, made of metal in design, is easily applied, and cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is V 1. A shade support of the character described comprising a vertically disposed tubular member downwardly extended at its upper end in the form of a U and then laterally extended, then transversely extended and then extended in the reverse direction back to the said vertical portion, a shade roller bracket slidably adjustable upon the lateral extensions of the tubular member, a clamping jaw carried'by the tubular member adjacent its upper end and'facing downward, a rod extending upward through the tubular member and having an outwardly projecting lug, a screw extending through said lug and having a clamping jaw at its upper end facing the first named jaw, and means whereby the rod and the tubular member may be held in any vertically adjusted positions.

2. A shade support of the character described comprising a vertically disposed tubular member downwardly extended at its upper end in the form of a U and then laterally extended, then transversely extended and then extended in the reverse direction back to the tubular member, a shade roller bracket slidably adjustable upon the'lateral extensions in the tubular member, a clamping jaw carried by the tubular member adjacent its upper end and facing downward, a rod extending upward through the tubular member and having an outwardly projecting lug, a screw extending through said lug and havin a clamping jaw at its upper end facing the first named jaw, the tubular member being provided with a vertically extended slot having lateral extensions at intervals and the rod having a screw extending radially from it and disposed through said slot and engaging with any one of said extensions.

3. A shade support of the character described, comprising a vertically disposed member downwardly extended at its upper end in the form of a U, then laterally extended, then extended in the reverse direction back to the said vertical portion, a shade roller bracket slidably adjustable upon the lateral extension of said member, a clamping jaw carried by the vertical portion of said member adjacent its upper end and facing downward, a rod having telescopic engagement with said vertical portion of the member and having an outwardly projecting lug, a screw extending through said lug and having a clamping jaw through its upper end facing the first named jaw, and means whereby the rod and the member may be held in any vertically adjusted positions relative to each other.

' In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

JAMES L. REEDER. 

